The Latino National Survey (LNS)--New England is the New England
extension of the LATINO NATIONAL SURVEY (LNS), 2006 (ICPSR
20862), which was conducted in 2005-2006. The Latino
National Survey (LNS)--New England contains 1,200 completed interviews
(unweighted) of self-identified Latino/Hispanic residents of the
United States. The questionnaire is the same as that used in the original LNS.
Interviewing began on November 17, 2005, and continued through August
4, 2006. The survey instrument contain... (more info)

The Latino National Survey (LNS)--New England is the New England
extension of the LATINO NATIONAL SURVEY (LNS), 2006 (ICPSR
20862), which was conducted in 2005-2006. The Latino
National Survey (LNS)--New England contains 1,200 completed interviews
(unweighted) of self-identified Latino/Hispanic residents of the
United States. The questionnaire is the same as that used in the original LNS.
Interviewing began on November 17, 2005, and continued through August
4, 2006. The survey instrument contained approximately 165 distinct
items ranging from demographic descriptions to political attitudes and
policy preferences, as well as a variety of social indicators and
experiences. All interviewers were bilingual, English and
Spanish. Respondents were greeted in both languages and were
immediately offered the opportunity to interview in either
language. Interviewers also provided a consent script that allowed
respondents to opt out of the survey. Demographic variables include
age, ancestry, birthplace, education level, ethnicity, marital status,
military service, number of people in the household, number of
children under the age of 18 living in the household, political party
affiliation, political ideology, religiosity, religious preference,
race, and sex.

Public and restricted versions of the data are included in this collection. Due to the sensitive nature of the restricted data, users must complete an agreement for the use of confidential data, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research.

Much of the metadata for this study was pulled from the Latino National Survey (LNS), 2006 [ICPSR 20862].

Methodology

Sample:
The sample was stratified by geographic designation,
meaning that each state sample was a valid, stand-alone representation
of that state's Latino population. State sample sizes varied based in
part on funders' recommendations, but all national figures reported
were appropriately weighted such that the numbers were accurately
representative of the universe covered by the study. The national
margin of error was approximately plus or minus 1.05 percent. The
smallest sample size for any unit was 400, yielding a margin of error
of less than plus or minus 5 percent for each state. A number of
states were stratified internally. All state-level results were
computed using state-level weights such that they remained
representative of the state population.

Weight:

There are four weight variables in these data. Use of the correct weight depends on your analysis purpose. The variables are: WT_METRO, WT_STATE, WT_NATIO, and WT_NATIO_CALIB. The variable WT_NATIO_CALIB is a means-adjusted weight for doing national analysis.

wt_metro:
Metro-level weight

wt_state:
State-level weight

wt_natio_calib:
Nation-level weight (calibrated to mean of 1 by dividing through by mean of New-England only sample)

wt_natio:
Nation-level weight (original weight, as provided for entire LNS sample of New England and 18 other states)

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

Performed consistency checks.

Standardized missing values.

Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release:2009-06-04

Version History:

2015-07-17 Four weight variables were added to these data. They are WT_METRO, WT_STATE, WT_NATIO, and WT_NATIO_CALIB.
Part 1: Variable labels and value labels were updated to better match the LNS 2006 variables. The values for the variables RZIP were recoded to 99999 to minimize the risk of respondent identification.
Part 2: Created restricted use version that includes the values of the variable RZIP.